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ID: 300410443
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300410443

 

Record Type: concept
curse tablets (<documents by function>, document genres, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Documents, usually Greco-Roman and often inscribed on lead tablets, requesting that the gods, other spirits, or deceased persons cause another person to be affected negatively, typically asking that they be cursed with illness or misfortune.
 
Terms:
curse tablets (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
curse tablet (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
vloektafels (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
vloektafel (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
κατάδεσμος (C,U,Greek,UF,U,U)
katadesmoi (C,U,Greek (transliterated),UF,U,U)
defixiones (C,U,Latin-P,D,U,PN)
defixio (C,U,Latin,AD,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.VW

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Information Forms (hierarchy name)
........ Information Forms (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of information forms (objects)
............ information forms (objects) (G)
Hierarchy of document genres
................ document genres (G)
Hierarchy of <documents by function>
.................... <documents by function> (G)
Hierarchy of curse tablets
........................ curse tablets (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Documenten, meestal Grieks-Romeins en vaak geïnscribeerd op loden platen, waarin de goden, andere geesten of overledenen worden gevraagd negatieve invloed uit te oefenen op een andere persoon. Vaak wordt gevraagd deze persoon te vervloeken met ziekte of ongeluk.  

Related concepts:
distinguished from ....  ex-votos (religious visual works)
..................................  (religious visual works, <visual works by function>, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) [300178243]

Sources and Contributors:
κατάδεσμος............  [VP]
.......................  Perseus Digital Library [online] (1997-)
curse tablet............  [VP]
.......................  British Museum [online] (1999-)
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
curse tablets............  [VP Preferred]
..........................  British Museum [online] (1999-)
..........................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
..........................  Gager, Curse Tablets and Binding Spells (1999) title
defixio............  [VP]
.................  Gager, Curse Tablets and Binding Spells (1999)
defixiones............  [VP]
.......................  Gager, Curse Tablets and Binding Spells (1999)
katadesmoi............  [VP]
.......................  Gager, Curse Tablets and Binding Spells (1999)
.......................  Perseus Digital Library [online] (1997-)
vloektafel............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
vloektafels............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Internetbron, AAT-Ned https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2007/06/21/romeinse-vloektafel-ontcijferd-11345305-a180447
............  UvA Talen
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... British Museum [online] (1999-)
.......... Gager, Curse Tablets and Binding Spells (1999)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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